Risk of infection by the fungal pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga among lepidoptera on the forest floor

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 645-650

  Hajek, Ann E ^a   Butler, Linda ^a,b   Liebherr, James K ^a   Wheeler, Micheal M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entomophaga maimaiga; Epizootiology; Gypsy moth; Host specificity; Litter lepidopteran fauna; Non target effects

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGAL DISEASE; LEAF LITTER; MOTH;

ENTOMOPHAGA MAIMAIGA; GELECHIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE; NOCTUIDAE; ORGYIA LEUCOSTIGMA; QUERCUS RUBRA; SUNIRA BICOLORAGO; ZANCLOGNATHA LAEVIGATA;

EID: 0033854794     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-29.3.645     Document Type: Article

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